I won't bore you with a recap of our 9 hr drive. Needless to say we got there in one piece.
The only time I saw a line to get into Windsor Hills was Saturday afternoon/evening when we arrived. Saturday must be the big check in day. Thankfully we would only have to wait in the line with the guard that once. The rest of the week we had a pass to get in the gates.
We got our stuff unpacked and put away with lightning speed. The kids were excited to see their Mickey and Minnie room and immediately claimed their beds.
The only thing planned for that night was dinner. For the last few weeks I had been trying to get all our reservations set. The we this whole trip came about was by our chance ability to book a princess breakfast 6 months ago while driving home from a trip. After that I did very little planning, including booking all the other hard to get reservations. Oops.
O'hana was one of the ones I could never get no matter how many times I checked the system for cancellations. On our drive earlier in the day I saw an 8pm slot open up. I grabbed it. I didn't know much except it was at the Polynesian Resort (one of the only places to see the fireworks), a hard to get reservation and supposedly good for kids.
Luckily, we left for dinner early. We spent some time circling the Disney circuit before finding the resort successfully. We got parked and found our way to the restaurant. We never made our way down to the beach so I can't comment on the resort much.
O'hana is pretty large. It was packed. We were seated against a window. My son and I didn't feel great that night so we didn't eat a whole lot. I remember a lot of courses and a LOT of meat. It was like a Brazilian restaurant where they keep bringing it out and putting it on your plate. It felt pretty rushed with the next round if food coming before the previous round was done. Relaxing is not a word I would use. Towards the end they did some entertainment for the kids that included hula lessons and some sort of conga line around the restaurant. They enjoyed yet and got flower leis for participating.
As dessert was put down on our table the server exclaimed "the grand finale!" As he poured caramel sauce down the dessert the Magic Kingdom fireworks went off out our window over the lake. It never occurred to me that we would be able to see the fireworks from the restaurant. They pipe in the music from the show so that you can hear too. That was pretty awesome. A great way to start the trip.
I will omit the part of the story where we discovered that our son really wasn't feeling well and pooped all over the bathroom floor on our way to the car.
The only time I saw a line to get into Windsor Hills was Saturday afternoon/evening when we arrived. Saturday must be the big check in day. Thankfully we would only have to wait in the line with the guard that once. The rest of the week we had a pass to get in the gates.
We got our stuff unpacked and put away with lightning speed. The kids were excited to see their Mickey and Minnie room and immediately claimed their beds.
The only thing planned for that night was dinner. For the last few weeks I had been trying to get all our reservations set. The we this whole trip came about was by our chance ability to book a princess breakfast 6 months ago while driving home from a trip. After that I did very little planning, including booking all the other hard to get reservations. Oops.
O'hana was one of the ones I could never get no matter how many times I checked the system for cancellations. On our drive earlier in the day I saw an 8pm slot open up. I grabbed it. I didn't know much except it was at the Polynesian Resort (one of the only places to see the fireworks), a hard to get reservation and supposedly good for kids.
Luckily, we left for dinner early. We spent some time circling the Disney circuit before finding the resort successfully. We got parked and found our way to the restaurant. We never made our way down to the beach so I can't comment on the resort much.
O'hana is pretty large. It was packed. We were seated against a window. My son and I didn't feel great that night so we didn't eat a whole lot. I remember a lot of courses and a LOT of meat. It was like a Brazilian restaurant where they keep bringing it out and putting it on your plate. It felt pretty rushed with the next round if food coming before the previous round was done. Relaxing is not a word I would use. Towards the end they did some entertainment for the kids that included hula lessons and some sort of conga line around the restaurant. They enjoyed yet and got flower leis for participating.
As dessert was put down on our table the server exclaimed "the grand finale!" As he poured caramel sauce down the dessert the Magic Kingdom fireworks went off out our window over the lake. It never occurred to me that we would be able to see the fireworks from the restaurant. They pipe in the music from the show so that you can hear too. That was pretty awesome. A great way to start the trip.
I will omit the part of the story where we discovered that our son really wasn't feeling well and pooped all over the bathroom floor on our way to the car.
